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I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server (idiallo.com)
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The one-liner:

dd if=/dev/zero bs=1G count=10 | gzip -c > 10GB.gz

This is brilliant.

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[-] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

that is pretty darn clever

I use a torrent client that will lie on the upload (x10 or x11, or a myriad of other options) so as to satisfy the upload ratio requirement of many members only torrent communities

this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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